Curfew lifted for Christmas

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 23 December 1998, 16:18 GMT]The Sri Lankan security forces headquarters in Jaffna said today in a press note that the night curfew in Jaffna which is imposed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. everyday will be lifted on Christmas eve.

The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) said that the curfew would be lifted from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. to enable Christians in the peninsula to attend Christmas mass.